This is an analysis of To-Day by Augusta Davies Webster.
OH God, where hast thou hidden Truth? Oh Truth,
Where is the road to God?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abacddXeefbgfg dhdihhifejhfjf fdfchhcggfdgfg kbkdbbdbbabkak
- Stanza lengths: 14,14,14,14,
- Metre: 1111110111 100101 1111011111 1111011111 0101010111 00100011111 11110101010 0101110100 11110111001 01111101111 010101 11100111111 100100 1101110111 11100111101 110111 1111011101 0010010101 0101001101 0011110001 1101010101 0101010001 1011010101 1110010001 101111 11010011011 101110 1110100100 1101111011 111101 1111000101 1101000111 1101110111 1001000111 1111011101 0111111101 01001010101 1101011101 110101 11011100111 110101 1101011111 1111111110 101101 1110111101 1111010101 1111110011 1101010111 1111010101 1101010111 1101111001 0111111011 101101 1101010111 100111 0101011101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 56
Repeated words/phrases
we, by, and, us, to
Anaphora
we
